Missing Bound Brook woman found in Plainfield

Rebecca Maybin-BrazilPLAINFIELD -- The Bound Brook woman who was first reported missing earlier this week was located Thursday in Plainfield, where she was found safe and unharmed, authorities said today.

Rebecca Maybin-Brazil’s live-in boyfriend on Monday told authorities that the 36-year-old woman had not returned to their home on Thompson Avenue, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said.

Detectives from the prosecutor’s Major Crimes Squad and the local police department initiated an investigation and released her photograph and a description. She was known to frequent the Plainfield and North Plainfield.

Detectives got in contact with her and Maybin-Brazil agreed to meet with Bound Brook police in Plainfield at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday, Forrest said. Authorities received numerous calls from citizens, and detectives are grateful for the public’s help in finding her, the prosecutor said.